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M4 crash in Hounslow on 26 September 2000 at 00:43 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hounslow at 00:43 on Tuesday 26 September 2000. The 42-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi and the 35-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 2000
Tuesday, 00:43
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48764, longitude -0.38698, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.

Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200001TX01028
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200001TX01028 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hounslow road accident statistics for 2000.